Ismailimail: City of Aurora is adjacent to the city of Naperville. Both very diverse cities, occupy a sizable number of Muslims, among many other citizens. Tonight at Aurora City Council, Mayor ...
Ismailimail readers know community's enthusiasm for sports, particularly football (soccer). As the world cup is underway, we share this finely written article on the achievements of a "Sizzlingly quick" Muslim player ...
An Eid during Jubilee year.Image adaptation credit unknown. Mawlana Hazar Imam, Aga Khan IV, reciting Eid Namaz at age 6 years old at the main Darkhana Jamatkhana in Nairobi, Kenya during ...
FLICKR.COM -- Picture of an old Ismaili lady in the Wakhan Corridor, near Afghanistan. ...
FLICKR.COM -- Picture of a young Ismaili girl in Murgab Tajikistan. ...
FLICKR.COM -- A happy, smiling Pamiri boy who is about eight years old looks to the camera in the city of Khorog in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan ...
FLICKR.COM -- Interior of traditional Pamiri Ismaili home. The interiors of such homes are full of symbolic meaning. The skylight is built with four concentric square box-type layers representing earth, water, air and fire, the latter being the highest, is first touched by the sun's rays. Photo taken on August 24, 2010 in Porshniev, Tajikistan. ...
FLICKR.COM -- A 48 year old Pamiri woman poses for a photo in her home. The main area of a Pamiri home is one room, where people cook, sleep, watch television and so forth. In the center of the room is a stove, in which burns wood, cow dung, and whatever other combustible materials are handy. Carpets decorate the walls. Behind the ...
Canada -- Purpose: To consider our own assumptions and biases about Islam and our role in combating misperception. Your Mission Step one: Create a word cloud Consider all the things you've thought about and learned over the course of the last ten months' activities. Create a word cloud that brings together your ideas, perceptions and feelings towards our faith and our ...
Portugal -- Terminado o mês do Ramadão, vamos festejar o Id al-Fitr, uma das celebrações mais importantes para os muçulmanos de todo o mundo. Na nossa tradição, o 'Id' é tanto uma festividade pessoal como social. É um momento em que se mantém a prática da oração e auto-restrição para melhorar a taqwa, isto é, a consciência de Deus nas nossas ...
Portugal -- É considerado o rei da música rai, um género de música popular originária do seu país natal, a Argélia, embora hoje a sua música se caraterize por uma amálgama de influências. Cheb Khaled conquistou o Ocidente com "El Arbi", que chegou a ficar cinco semanas no top musical do Brasil em 2000, e também com os ritmos animados de ...
'Padharo Mawla' is Salim Sulaiman's latest devotional single, celebrating His Highness The Aga Khan's Diamond Jubilee year. Featuring Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Jonita Gandhi, Vipul Mehta & Raj Pandit. AUDIO ...
By A. Maherali for Ismailimail June 13, 2018 marks the 107th birth anniversary of Prince Aly Salomone Khan, father of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, Prince Amyn and Princess Yasmin ...
On Sunday, June 17, Vancouverites will join Canadians across the country for the 34th annual World Partnership Walk to help fight global poverty. What started in 1985 by a small group ...
Thank you for visiting my Personal Page. World Partnership Walk 2018 is here and this year I'm stepping forward for a more peaceful, prosperous and equal world for all. World Partnership ...
"This year as I was researching a topic and I had trouble deciding. Everything is so important and makes a difference in lives. I personally walk, to raise funds for the ...
Ismailimail: Rumina Velshi's presentation at a conference in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese Nuclear Energy Agency invited women working in the nuclear industry to attend and present at a STEM Conference specifically ...
Nutrition Centre -- To mark the commencement of Mawlana Hazar Imam's Diamond Jubilee on 11 July 2017, TheIsmaili Nutrition Centre is pleased to launch "Taste of Culture" - a celebration of our cultural diversity through the joy of food. Travel around the world with us, as we dish out food secrets from the locals themselves. From Dar-es-Salaam to Dallas, discover some ...
Ismailimail: A news story about a learning resource developed by The Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS) faculty, Dr. Sharmina Mawani. The tool was designed to help the diverse Ismaili students that ...
By Andrew Kosorok for Ismailimail Sharing the joy of Ramadan through the light of love Imagine a wall of water 100 feet high, so powerful and destructive it changed the topography ...
By Femke for Uber Design: What table tennis champion and Uber Designer Adil Dhanani learned about sports and how it relates to his career as a designer. Spotlight is a series ...
By Mansoor Ladha for Ismailimail A whale jumps out to make a dramatic entrance above sea level. As someone born on an exotic island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, a visit to Victoria, British ...
By Arti Patel for Globalnews.ca. Excerpt: Sticking to a grocery budget comes down to willpower, says registered dietitian Shahzadi Devje. "It really depends on how motivated you are to save money ...
Global -- The eTicketing Platform for the Diamond Jubilee Celebration - Lisboa 2018 is now open. From this centralised platform you can purchase tickets and reserve places for the various concerts, shows, events, and exhibitions taking place in Lisbon from 6-10 July 2018. From Karachi to Kampala, from Montreal to Melbourne, and from Dushanbe to Dubai, Ismailis from around the world ...
From the Second International Ismaili Studies Conference held in 2017 at Carleton University hosted by Dr. Karim H Karim, Director of the Centre of Islam. It was likely the largest contemporary and international gathering of scholars and academics in the field of Ismaili Studies. Excerpts from opening remarks, keynote by Prof. Homi Bhabha, music workshop, followed by photo slideshow. ...
Queen Elizabeth welcomed dignitaries to Windsor Castle for a glittering reception on Wednesday evening and did so in a hot pink dress. The 91-year-old monarch looked elegant in a floor-length gown silk gown complete with gold motifs as she welcomed guests to the White Drawing Room. ...
Singer/Rapper - Firdous Feroz Ali (Feddy Fap); Lyrics - Farida Feroz Ali & Feddy Fap; Music Composer - Imran Rafique; Producer - Ali Feroz; Production - Unikrew Production. ...
India -- The early years of a child's life, right from when he is born to the age of 6, are a critical time for his/her development. The learning that takes place during the early childhood years serves as the founda ion for all later academic, social, emotional, and physical and motor development. All children are capable of learning and meeting ...
Meet Asmeeta Prasla from Beaumont, Texas. Asmeeta is one of 28 qualified artists representing the USA at the upcoming International Jubilee Arts Festival in Lisbon, Portugal. Her unique art form incorporates modern calligraphy with the art of paper quilling. Check out her submission at the International Art Gallery! #DiamondJubilee #AgaKhan #Ismaili #OneJamat #CountdownToLisbon #Lisboa2018 #DJCelebration #CelebrateTheArts ...
The earliest Ismailis to immigrate to East Africa first established their foothold in Zanzibar. Khoja Ismaili merchants and other traders based in Western India had been trading in western Indian Ocean since at least the seventeenth century. Communities began to settle there in the 1800s when Zanzibar served as a gateway between Western Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, Africa, and Europe. The ...
Introduced by AZEEM MAHERALI The late 48th Ismaili Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, seated on a wheelchair with members of his family with his successor, the present Imam, Prince Karim Aga Khan, standing at extreme right. Others in the photo (l to r), grandson Prince Amyn Muhammad, and the late Imams two sons, the late Prince Sadruddin and Prince Aly ...
Bamako, Mali, le 13 juin 2018 - En s'associant avec Orange, la Première Agence de Microfinance (PAMF) aide à une plus grande inclusion financière au Mali en proposant aux clients Orange Money un service de crédit et d'épargne instantané, 100% accessible par téléphone via les comptes Orange Money. Ce nouveau service permettra aux clients de mieux gérer les imprévus du quotidien ...
[H/T SAHIL BADRUDDIN] -- YOUTUBE.COM -- Steve Jobs is undoubtedly one of the most inspirational and successful figures of our time. His commencement speech at Stanford University in 16 minutes encapsulates all the key aspects of life. He touches on purpose, life, death, success, happiness, innovation and even spirituality. Jay Shetty shares quotes and wisdom from Steve Jobs plus his own reflections ...
"The fundamental reason for the pre-eminence of Islamic civilisations lay neither in accidents of history nor in acts of war, but rather in their ability to discover new knowledge, to make it their own, and to build constructively upon it. They became the Knowledge Societies of their time." Mawlana Hazar Imam, AKU Convocation, December 6, 2006 The most enduring legacy of ...
Classic stallion will cover a select book at Haras de Bonneval. The Aga Khan Studs' SIYOUNI, who has created a sensation in the European bloodstock ranks, is to be offered to Southern Hemisphere breeders, with second-semester coverings being proposed at the Haras de Bonneval. SIYOUNI's most notable winners to date include triple Group 1 winner ERVEDYA, representing his first crop, whose ...
Bamako, Mali, 13 June 2018 - In partnership with Orange, the Première Agence de Microfinance (PAMF) is contributing to wider financial inclusion in Mali by offering Orange Money clients an instant credit and savings service that is accessible by 100% via telephone through Orange Money accounts. This new service will enable clients to better manage unplanned day to day expenses and ...
Aga Khan Centre (nearing completion), London Source: Photo blog of Hussein Charania ...
@NouraAlKaabi, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, received Arif Lalani, Director of the Department of Diplomatic Affairs at the Ismaili Center, and Luis Monreal of the Aga Khan Development Network, where ...
Every day, despite harsh geographies, turbulent political contexts and constrained economic circumstances, thousands of children go to school. This can seem like a miracle, but too often compromises are made, and ...
